Didn’t bowl well against Hardik Pandya: Adam Zampa

Tags: Australia tour of India 2017, India, Australia

Published on: Sep 20, 2017

Australian spinner Adam Zampa has admitted that he did not execute his plans against Hardik Pandya in the first ODI at Chennai

Australian spinner Adam Zampa has admitted that he did not execute his plans against Hardik Pandya in the first ODI at Chennai. Pandya hit him three consecutive sixes in the 37th over, which shifted the momentum of the match.

"I pride myself on bowling well under pressure but the other day I did not execute how I would have liked to in the over against Hardik. It would have been important to get him off the strike. Probably I bowled three balls too full," said Zampa in an NDTV report.

"As soon as you miss against a player like Hardik, it's going to go the distance. Hardik is a very good player," he added.

"In Australia you can mess up your length a little bit and you will probably get away with it purely because of the size (of the ground). Here the length is very important.

"You never liked to be hit for three sixes in a row. But I guess it does happen, probably happened to Shane Warne. As long as you don't put yourself under too much pressure and learn from those situations, it's good. Hopefully I will get him out earlier next time," he further said.

Zampa also praised Mahendra Singh Dhoni for yet another brilliant innings. "MS has obviously done it for a long time and probably played a lot of innings under pressure like that. The way he has timed his innings in his whole career is probably something. To have him as a guide for a young player like Hardik and others in the Indian team is very helpful," he was further quoted as saying by NDTV.

--By A Cricket Correspondent

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